Java Backend Engineer /Principal Consultant

We're looking for talented engineers to join our customer-facing AI practice, from Senior Forward Deployed Engineers through to Principal-level AI technical leaders. You'll work directly with clients to uncover problems, build prototypes, and guide full AI-enabled solution lifecycles.

This is a role for engineers who:

• Enjoy building real software that makes a difference
• Are passionate about AI and its practical application
• Thrive at the intersection of technical leadership and client engagement

What You'll Do

Customer-Facing Leadership

• Lead discovery workshops with technical and business stakeholders
• Represent the organisation's technical capabilities in high-stakes client meetings
• Build trust and long-term relationships with engineering teams and decision-makers

Solution Development & Architecture

• Build and iterate working AI prototypes quickly
• Architect scalable, maintainable systems from prototype to production
• Make sophisticated technical decisions balancing AI innovation, quality, and deployment needs

Technical Mentorship & Team Growth

• Guide engineers through technical delivery, code reviews, and architectural discussions
• Elevate team capabilities through knowledge sharing, mentoring, and internal workshops
• Contribute to best practices, reusable components, and solution standards

AI Mastery & Innovation

• Implement AI solutions leveraging LLMs, foundation models, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems
• Design evaluation frameworks addressing bias, hallucination detection, and business impact
• Explore novel AI applications while integrating traditional ML techniques where appropriate, Senior AI Engineer Sheffield - 1-2x week in office This is an exciting opportunity to join a business that is investing heavily in AI and modern cloud technologies. You will play a key role in building AI-driven products that have a direct impact on customer experience,...

For Senior Engineers:

• 5-8+ years building robust, scalable software systems
• Full-stack development capability across modern technologies
• Client-facing experience or technical consulting skills
• AI curiosity and hands-on experimentation with tools like ChatGPT, Claude, GitHub Copilot

For Principal Engineers:

• 8+ years delivering complex, enterprise-grade software
• Proven AI/ML expertise with production deployment experience
• Advanced knowledge of transformer architectures, foundation models, and prompt engineering
• Senior stakeholder engagement experience and ability to lead high-level AI strategy, Sr Java Backend Engineer /Principal Consultant Join to apply for the Sr Java Backend Engineer /Principal Consultant role at Natobotics - Hands-on expertise with Spring Boot (REST APIs, Microservices) - Experience building and deploying containerised applications...

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